The Archive · 1892

An Intruder in the Palace

The Emperor has just received a report but about, midnight he expired. I from this course, and: therefore made the lateness of the hour a pretext for. post-to keopthis from his master's ears the poning till the morrow any further con-from the of Punishments which has man took the corpse with the help of loration of the affair.: But in the night, boon examining a man.who was brought to some of his companions, carried it to the with: the help of the head of the clan, he for having foreed hi-wag toto beige public cemetery and'buried it. When the placed his mother in her coffin and then, mandarin came back and asked for Pan, nards and gatekeepers, more eepscially as 1 Emperor is ye dignant muting his wife's head in a bag full of the policeman said that they had released lime, he nailed her hands to the side of the the person they allowed to enter proved to him. Before long the tipao found the coffin, whereupon she soon expired, He be armed. He declares that they have for corpse and told. the father of the dead then threw himself into the river, but was some time past become very lax and care-man. The father lodged a complaint; an less in the performance of their duty; and he orders the punishment of the officers investigation was held, and the above facts pulled out again alive. The brother after: wards came home and when he heard the were elicited... The and men who were on duty at the time of The gatekeeper ran away, story acquiesced in what had been: done. In the meantime the magistrate heard of the unauthorised intrusion. ought to justice. Proceedings were mandarin and the policeman were the affair, and sent for the parties. The

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